κυανός
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See also: κύανος
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos), also see the Mediaeval κυανός m (kuanós), from Ancient Greek κῠᾰνοῦς (kuanoûs)/κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos, adjective) from κύανος (kúanos, noun).[1] Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀷𐀜 (ku-wa-no) and Tsakonian κουβάνε (kouváne).[2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
κυανός • (kyanós) m (feminine κυανή, neuter κυανό)
- (formal, contemporary) cyan or sky blue
- (older): blue
- (as noun) see: κυανό (kyanó, “the colour cyan”)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
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| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | κυανός (kyanós) | κυανή (kyaní) | κυανό (kyanó) | κυανοί (kyanoí) | κυανές (kyanés) | κυανά (kyaná) | |
| genitive | κυανού (kyanoú) | κυανής (kyanís) | κυανού (kyanoú) | κυανών (kyanón) | κυανών (kyanón) | κυανών (kyanón) | |
| accusative | κυανό (kyanó) | κυανή (kyaní) | κυανό (kyanó) | κυανούς (kyanoús) | κυανές (kyanés) | κυανά (kyaná) | |
| vocative | κυανέ (kyané) | κυανή (kyaní) | κυανό (kyanó) | κυανοί (kyanoí) | κυανές (kyanés) | κυανά (kyaná) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο κυανός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο κυανός, etc.)
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο κυανότερος", etc)
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Synonyms
- γαλάζιος (galázios)
- and see: μπλε (ble, “blue”)
Related terms
- βαθυκύανος (vathykýanos, “deep blue”)
- ερυθροκύανος (erythrokýanos, “purple”)
- κυανόκρανος (kyanókranos, “blue helmet, United Nations peacekeepers”)
- κυανόλευκος (kyanólefkos, “sky blue and white”)
- υποκύανος (ypokýanos, “rather blue”)
See also
| λευκό (lefkó) | γκρι (gkri) | μαύρο (mávro) |
| κόκκινο (kókkino); βυσσινί (vyssiní) | πορτοκαλί (portokalí); καφέ (kafé) | κίτρινο (kítrino); κρεμ (krem) |
| λαχανί (lachaní) | πράσινο (prásino) | |
| κυανό (kyanó); βαθυκύανο (vathykýano) | γαλάζιο (galázio) | μπλε (ble) |
| ιόχρους (ióchrous); ινδικό (indikó) | ματζέντα (matzénta); μωβ (mov) | ροζ (roz) |
References
- ^ κυανός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ κυανός - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
Further reading
γαλάζιο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
